I never use my computer when Ghost is doing a recovery image - somewhere I read that you should not.

Ghost 12 looks much like Ghost 10 looking at all your files.

Good work

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Rad edit - I normally don't do anything while creating images either. But I wanted to grab these screenshots. So I needed open Photoshop, IE7 browser & CuteFTP to up the files. Next time I'll do a fresh reboot & image + nothing else.

Rad, very nice thread - and thanks for capturing and posting the screen images!

You may wish to configure several Norton Ghost 12 settings to meet your preferences. Personally, I use the high level of encryption (AES 256), high level of compression, and I have the application verify the recovery point automatically after creation (all in Norton Ghost 10).

Have you checked that you can boot into the recovery environment okay, and that it recognizes the hard disk drive containing your recovery points?

Have you done a test restore yet?

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I had a lot of problems with ghost 12. See my thread. I noticed on your install the drivers validation screen appeared. This did not appear when I installed ghost 12. I used the download file from Symantec which I downloaded twice.

Since you have chosen to engage the latest lineal descendant of PowerQuest Drive Image 7.n, perhaps you should construct a "defense-in-depth" prior to actually performing a test-restore (as we Southerners say, 'It's sorta' like wearing both a belt and suspenders on the same pair of trousers.'). I strongly advocate the "(whole)disk-to-image" legacy Norton Ghost Backup procedure with its concomitant "image-to-disk" legacy Ghost Restore whenever employing the "cold-imaging" Norton Ghost Ver 8.2 inside the Windows XP Preinstallation Environment.

Boot up whatever relevant Norton/Symantec installation CD you have on hand to immediately engage the legacy Backup/Restore "cold-imaging" procedures by following the path

and create a "disk-to-image" legacy Norton Ghost Backup image to reside anywhere else other than on the MASTER HDD. At this point an Integrity Check on the legacy Ghost Backup image would be prudent as it would instill a high confidence level before performing the "acid-test" of a Norton Ghost 12 test-restore.